Swan Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Swan Cottages
- WRENN ID
- waiting-barrel-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Swan Cottages, 1 and 2, Village Street, Northchapel, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 952 294
- Coordinates
- 51.05686, -0.64278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swan Cottages is a building that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. Originally a single cottage, it has been divided into two. The ground floor has been refronted with red brick and grey headers, while the upper part features curved tiles. There is a hint of a bressummer between the two sections, but the timber framing is still visible on the north wall. The building has a half-hipped tiled roof and features casement windows. It is two storeys high and has two windows.
Local climate
Swan Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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